Wadding device for the cartridges of fowling pieces



Nov. 13, 1928.l 1,691,802

' C'. GABEL v WADDING DEVICE FOR THE CARTRIDGES OF FOWLNG PIECES Filed Dec. 23, 1926 n l gli V'to the appended diiawings, Whicharergive'nf '.inateial employed, the elasticity maybe maintained even' atgvery low'tempei'atures; Y

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.such as paper, thin sheet metal',ypl'astic maf: temal V0 1' the like, and hasa snio'othorv ac o'lf iiugated surface to facilitate.. its compression" 20 l gleng'th,l and it containsr the plastierrmatei'ial or cement, or theA material' may consist' of' VVV with Y a lubricant l, .Whose diameter, come?` spends to that vof 'the cartridge shells, and -Whieh may consist of grease, vegetable or v i inineial Wax, or' Va mixtureof these fbodies,-or

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' Y WADDKING DEVICE `Fonfcmn. Csnininen'son noxirnmef v:Pinon.s-f Application-inea December; 23, .is'zmseriai-no'.fitgsiaaiidin' Beignihgigajlry ialisf. l The, presentinyention relates toj Wadding.jian'df),.'.thepastebolrdfdisc "us devices-for use inthe cartridges of'foyvling e ally placeduupon thepoivder. Y y pieces. ,l l j f g M The 1 aforesaid Waddmgj c levices` offer The said device consists oilfalightand .L'nfarlgedadyantagesoyeiftheV deyices 1n cui'V` elastic substance disposedrwithin; a com presrifent u 'se,`due toithe*following-features sible "casing, the Whole being:eeatedf'withfaA "Thefwaddmg is'-jconfipifessible;*so.that Sy lubricating substance..-

Y y g ,uljon igniting ,Y the poWderi,-1 Vthejpress u'relief Y .The following description with 'reference rthe gas? in the; cartridge vrWill Ybe f'slig'htly' re'- dut-edf Due to Vthe compressionoftheelaseV vrticllfilling,thetliameteir'ofjthe'fWedding dea` vvice4 will` be someythatf increased",-sWheeby the barrels-Will be effectively'stopped f by the Wadding. By'` the guserfof the" c'orriigated jfeijm .lferfthe Wallfsfofthe"devcey-.thisstp-y "Y: ping'v can' be 'obtainedWithout'any :excessive `pressure. l ,i Y j Y 1 q f `i 2."' -'lliedevice has-a vvery y'light weight.'` .sincewthe'felasftic illing usually -consists'i--ofg l cork in fifagihents 'which are 'either' loose oi arer but Slightly agglonfi'erated, and aiep'ro 'fected by th'egcasjingv againstall` dangeilof l breakage duing! transpoft and handling." Y 3, such as cork in`poWdei or;in1]; i eees,op- ,'lestsfniade Wit-hlthe'aforesaidfyyadding .tionally agglomeiated byA meansjofa, sub-sryicesfhavesuieientlyproved the'supeiior-l stance offafatty'or a resinous nature, `aglue ity'and'A the-regularity ofV theA results'which may bejobtained by its liseinV firing., as to yelocitj/foiee and concentration ofthe shot@` Whatlclaim is:- f'

by Way of example, .shows vvarious embodi- `Figs. l, 2 andg showyario'us construe s observed in Fig. 1,1tlie: ylindrical Cas--V ing 2 is oimed of any ssuitablemateijial,

onthe 'axis of the cylindei':; f y The said'casingV may 'have vany suitableV s pengy india rubber.

Due to the'small amount of thebinding Y A l. LA Wadding Vdevice for the v'caintridgesjof fon/ling' pieces, compisingv a corijugatedas i'ngfandl elastic materialfin the state of fiiag?` nien-ts fwhicli is l disposed .Within thegsaid Cas i ing, and e av sheath of lubifi'catingl- :material v surrounding1 thevv said corrugatecbbasing' lwhereby itfisA given a'cylindricaljfoim-`. f

l Q2. Afwladfdingdevice for fthe` cartridgesfoi" i'owlingieces comprising aveylindri'calgcasv Ving with corrugated f Walls ragmentsoi Corky disposed theiein, discs closin'gfthe'tob'f f fa,ndf:botto1n ofsaidgfcasing, `and afsheath'` of lubricating materiall suiironnding; theV connu; Y gatedwalls'of thecasin'g" whereby itisgiven f cylindrical form.'v fx1 f i y 11n testimony thatl 'claim':thefoegoingas' j myQ- invention, Y I l have .signed `1 finyfnameA The ends of the saidcasing consist ofthe" discs 45 of cardboarclf,eork-'or felt, or maybe vvformed by overturning aportion-iof the cylindrical tube, or l inVA any other suitable nuan-` nen The casing thus prepared. iscoated The composition oi the Wadding' consistoifms one of the featues ofrjthe invention, y

thusV employed.

Modifications may be providedby placing hereto'. 

